162,500 HKD
Patek Philippe Ref. 5035R, Genève, movement No. 3058205, case No. 4033213, Ref. 5035R. Made in 1998, sold on April 22nd, 1998. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with annual calendar, 24 hour indication with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, polished, correctors on the band, transparent screw-down case back, concave bezel, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied luminous pink gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the 24 hours and the months, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous pink gold feuille hands. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Ref. 5035 On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent No. 685585 G for a completely new date mechanism: an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take into account the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February of the following year. This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
